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HMS Cyclops (1779)
Enterprise-class Royal Navy frigate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cyclops.
HMS Cyclops was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The Cyclops was first commissioned in July 1779 under the command of Captain John Robinson.
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Name | HMS Cyclops |
Ordered | 6 March 1778 |
Builder | James Menetone & Son, Limehouse |
Laid down | 3 April 1778 |
Launched | 31 July 1779 |
Completed | 26 September 1779 (at Deptford Dockyard) |
Commissioned | July 1779 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1] |
Fate | Sold for breaking up 1 September 1814 |
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Class and type | 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 60280⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 33 ft 9 in (10.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 200 officers and men |
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In January 1783 she captured the French 14-gun brig Railleur on the North American station.[2]
Because Cyclops served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty authorised in 1850 to all surviving claimants.[Note 1]